Rabbi Heather Borshof Captain, United States Army Hanukkah 2014 at Temple Rodeph Torah It is hard to believe that four years ago this Hanukah I took my commission to serve in the Army as a rabbi to the Military Jewish community and as a chaplain to every other Soldier I encounter. Four years ago I […]

Reform Jews 4 Israel needs you to register to vote… Not for the normal political parties that you see on the sample ballot that you will be receiving shortly, but for the ARZA slate to the American Zionist Movement election of delegates to the 2015 World Zionist Organization Congress. Reform Jews 4 Israel is the […]

Here is an excerpt about being “Hopelessly Jewish”, extracted from my High Holiday speech to the congregation. We live in a society that seems indifferent to whether or not families are involved religiously, a society that honors selfish greed almost as much as altruistic giving. A society that over-schedules and over-commits, rather than stepping back […]

As president of Temple Rodeph Torah in Marlboro New Jersey, I spend 2-3 evenings most weeks working on various temple committees or addressing specific issues. With a full time job, temple activities take up all my spare time. Only because I want to, I attend Saturday morning minyan services, and I never miss a Friday […]